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thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 229). Center
Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to
Amazon.com to buy the book.) There are
doors that are set before us everyday for us to walk through in which we will
see unbelievable opportunities. We each have a choice to open or not open those
doors. John says,
“Too many people have a scarcity mindset and lack positive anticipation. As a
result, they never open the first door… Others do open that first door, but
when it doesn’t offer what they expected, they become disappointed and abandon
the pursuit. They give up.” He goes on,
“Don’t let that happen to you. Don’t let the gap between expectation and
reality disappoint you. Don’t let it kill your sense of anticipation. Keep
searching for doors and opening them. And remember that with each open door,
your anticipation will increase and so will abundance.” He then
says, “If you find this difficult, the…

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thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 227). Center
Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to
Amazon.com to buy the book.) Again, here
is the word anticipation and also the word doors. John says,
“’Doors?’ you may be asking. ‘Don’t you mean door?’ No. Expecting there to be
only one door is scarcity thinking. Let me explain how anticipation begins and
grows in your life.” This is very
good so read on what John says, “There is a door of opportunity before you.
Maybe you see it; maybe you don’t. But it is there. If you have positive
anticipation, you assume it’s there, and you make the effort to find it, and if
you are diligent in that effort, you will find it. But know this. It may be
locked, and it may require a lot of effort for you to unlock it and walk
through it. Are you willing to give it a try? Do you believe you can? Some
people will try and some people won’t. I hope you’re someone who’s w…

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thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 226). Center
Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to
Amazon.com to buy the book.) I love the
word anticipation.It is to me a gift
from God in which we look into each day with God’s possibilities in
mind. John says, “People
live in one of two different kinds of worlds. One world comes from having a
scarcity mindset. You cannot give what you do not have. Scarcity thinking has
nothing to give. It is preoccupied with receiving. Scarcity thinking is all
about me. It says, ‘There’s not enough to go around. I had better get something
for myself and hold on to it with all I have.’ People who live in the world of
scarcity think, There’s only one pie, so
I’d better get as big a slice as I can before it’s all gone.” That’s one
world.John then says, “People who live
in the world of abundance think very differently. They know there’s always
more. As others scramble an…